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Post by Jakkal » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:13 pm

I'm at the point that I'm extremely burned out from doing nothing but script updates for the past few months. I really need to set up a chunk that hasn't been touched yet just to keep burn-out away.

I will not be doing any kind of reward pass and only scripting the mobs, objects, items, and NPCs that are related to quests. Cleanup can do the rest of the NPC/mob scripting/setup.

Chunk:
Tar Janashir (The city) has been made a rest Xp area. Currently it is the only pop-up area set up.

Quests:
The Perfect Storm - Complete. Simple obtain item quest.
The Bringer of Storms - Complete. This seems like it should be a prereq quest for "The Perfect Storm", but since it's just a 'go there' quest, I left it alone.
Swiftfoot Shanty - Complete. Another 'go there' quest.
The Bird Plague - Spent a lot of time trying to find out what this one is about. I believe it's one of those quests that tells you to do other quests. And once you finish all those other quests, this one is complete. I was able to set up this quest, but not the other quests. This one cannot be taken by players until the others are set up. Armor (Legs) rewards for this are terrible, there's no medium set.
10/25/2020
Counting Chicks - Complete. This quest is a little confusing. First of all, when you complete it, it dings the first objective of "The Bird Plague" complete, but that objective is "Thin the herd", which is not the quest name for this quest. Second, the objectives are to kill mobs that are in the "Sandbeak Refuge" and the objectives say "Sandbeak Hatchlings Slain". None of the mobs have "Sandbeak" in their name, but there are two types with "hatchling" (And the other names in the objectives). Hopefully players can figure this one out on their own.
Mildewed Leftovers - Complete. This dings the second objective complete for "The Bird Plague"
Starspark Medicine - Complete. his dings the third objective complete for "The Bird Plague"
Fighting for a Cure - Complete. his dings the fourth objective complete for "The Bird Plague". I did not test this in a group and thus it might be group-weird so if anyone groups this one and runs into trouble, please let me know.
A Tamer's Truth - Complete.
11/01/2020
Salt Glands - Complete. I've set up the 4 dot to always drop the full gland, I believe this is how it was in Live. I thought maybe that "Starspark Pearls" was the prereq for this one, but I couldn't find any evidence of it. And since you're going to the same spot for that quest and this one, I thought it would just be less time wasting for the player to let you do both at the same time.
More Salt Glands - Complete. This quest is repeatable.
Starspark Pearls - Complete. I believe this is the prereq for "Salt Glands". It has not be set up as a prereq yet.
More Starspark Pearls - Complete. This quest is repeatable.
11/07/2020
Sell Starspark Extract - The quest script itself is complete. Though I feel like this one has a prereq as I'm not sure where you're supposed to get the extract yet. Still working on this one. I've set it for now so that the NPC only offers the quest if you have the item. (This is based on her dialog that implies she knows you have it on you already.)
Sell Starspark Extract (Repeatable) - The quest script itself is complete. I've set this one up similarly to the first version. You need 5 this time to turn these in, instead of one for the first quest. But you still need at least one to get the quest.
11/08/2020
Raw Starspark Salt - Complete.
Starspark Extract - Complete.
Refining the Salt - Complete.
Clean Water - Complete. The quest indicates that you need to get some clean water from the Sandbeak Pond. There is an existing quest item for it, which is the water itself. But I'm unable to find how you get the item. I suspect you were supposed to get an item to collect the water in. But I can't find one in game for it. So I'm going to create an empty bottle and script it to get the "Clean Water" item to complete the quest.
Making Medicine - Complete
Inform Kaaras - Complete. But. Okay, wtf. This one sends you back to Kaaras, who acts like she doesn't know who you are. So all those quests that sent you from her to Darab, to Tanqas, come back around here. Something is off on the prereqs and I'm not sure which because suddenly this is a circle that doesn't make sense. It appears that this is the prereq for the quests that Kaaras offers. But in the quest text it says that you gathered all this crap. So yeah, this doesn't make sense at all. Maybe when I get all the quests in the chunk done I'll see the missing piece that settles it all.
11/14/2020
Adhering to the Salt - Complete. Since I'm still unsure of what should be a pre-req to what, I didn't put one on this quest yet.
Gorehorn Onslaught - Complete. Since I'm still unsure of what should be a pre-req to what, I didn't put one on this quest yet. Also this quest had an unnecessary POI attached to it (Jux Brownie Refuge). I tried to remove it, but I'd have to completely exit out to clear the cache before I'd see if it was working. So I hope it works. I'll have to check it next login. Also of note, this quest drops "Pure Starspark Salt" exactly like Adhering to the Salt. I'm not a fan of more than one quest dropping the same item. I might make a separate item for it, as it could be easier to mass slaughter one type of mob to get the item for both quests.
11/19/2020
Lighting the Spark - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
Cackler Meat - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
Rhajiri Exploits - Complete. Based on the Turn-in text, I believe "Lighting the Spark" is the prereq quest.
Find the Hidden - Complete.
Poison Test - Complete.
Devour The Corrupt - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
The Hidden Spring - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. Some of the quest rewards have no stats. Not doing an item pass this time around.
Root of the Problem - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
Recover the Goods - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
11/21/2020
Take Back the Power - Complete. Feels like the drop rate on the weapons is too high. Might need to readjust.
Beneath the Water- Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
The Last Chance - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.I needed Oncalupe's help with setting this one up as there are some mob spawns and I wanted there to be 2x group members. But otherwise it's a simple quest.
Sealed Away - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. This might not be set up right but still trying to find info on it. https://vanguard.fandom.com/wiki/Sealed_Away
Spirit Trouble - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. Also it looks like it might be missing some rewards. There's no medium armor reward, for example.
Skeletal Remains - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
Mummy Bandages - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. We only had 3 mummy spawns in the whole chunk so I had to make some copies and spread them around the building they're found in. It also feels less empty as a result.
Medical Studies - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
11/22/2020
More Medical Studies - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet.
The Treasure of Aanak Vor'dan - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. The "Starspark Band" reward item has no stats. My personal player commentary on this quest: Sigil pulled a dick move on this one as the quest specifically tells you to kill the specific mobs in this dungeon/tomb thing. And they say to get the treasure. The treasure is the only objective. They make it sound like you're supposed to kill mobs until it drops. You get it by clicking on a clickable object.
The Ark of Aanak Vor'dan - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. Two of the item rewards have exactly the same stats.
11/23/2020
Runes of Aanak Vor'dan - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. We didn't have the turn in or completion text, or the quest item, so I had to create those from scratch.
Journey to Prince Azad Mahdavi-Kia - Complete. No Prereq Setup yet. This one takes you out of the chunk so you can go adventuring in Jathred's Twist.

NPCs:
Ashwara - Added Hail script.
Ziherru Qoli - Added Hail script.
Azita Ebbad - Added Hail script.
Abol Jalili - Added Hail script. Added interaction for the quest "A Tamer's Truth"
11/01/2020
Ava Diba - Added Hail script.
11/07/2020
Daake Heaba - Added Hail script.
11/08/2020
Kaaras Sejeh - Added Hail script.
Darab Marad - Added Hail script.
Tanqas Dashta - Added Hail script.
11/19/2020
Morgul Lans - Added Hail script.
Worlin Dako - Added Hail script.
Narim Kinom - Added Hail script.
11/21/2020
Darkspark (Nonattackable) - Added Hail script.
Talfoz Kolzan - Added Hail script.
Ovadaco Modisu - Added Hail script.
11/22/2020
Janashir Jones - Added Hail script.
Bellzoc - Added Hail script.
Academic Faelana - Added Hail script.
Unk and Urg - Added Hail Script.

Mobs:
Named:
Mokrak - Named Cyclops. Added loot table. Scripted to drop the quest item for "The Perfect Storm"
Spinebreaker Amahdad - Added loot table
10/25/2020
Razorbite - Added loot table (One item, a dagger. need to see if he drops other things)
11/08/2020
Mohin the Brute - (In Jathred's Twist) Added loot table. (3 items) Scripted to drop "Starspark Extract" for the quest "Starspark Extract"
Balosh the Medic- (In Jathred's Twist) Added loot table. (1 item) Scripted to drop "Starspark Extract" for the quest "Starspark Extract"

Regular:
Spinebreaker Cyclops - Scripted to drop the quest item for "The Perfect Storm"
10/25/2020
Rhajiri Menders - Scripted for "Starspark Medicine"
Mender of Rhajiri - Scripted for "Starspark Medicine"
Swiftfoot Pullet - Scripted to spawn when clicking the Diseased Swiftfoot for "Fighting for a Cure"
Sharpbeak Cockerel - Scripted to spawn when clicking the Diseased Sharpbeak for "Fighting for a Cure"
11/01/2020
Naethod Molesharks - Scripted to drop Empty and Full Salt Glands for the quests "Salt Glands" and "More Salt Glands"
Salt Flat Oysters/Spats - Scripted to drop Starspark Pearls for the quest "Starspark Pearls"
11/08/2020
Rhajiri Humans (In Tar Janashir and Jathred's Twist) - Scripted for "Raw Starspark Salt"
Mercenaries (In Jathred's Twist) -Scripted to drop "Starspark Extract" for the quest "Starspark Extract"
11/14/2020
Spinebreaker Adherent - Scripted to drop Pure Starspark salt for the quest "Adhering to the Salt"
Jathred's Twist Gorehorn Minotaurs - Scripted to drop the items for Gorehorn Onslaught
11/19/2020
Rhajiri Cackler - Scripted to drop the quest item for "Cackler Meat"
Rhajiri Flayers and Strikers - Scripted to drop the quest item for "Poison Test"
11/21/2020
Dazar Mobs - Scripted to drop the quest item for "Take Back the Power"
Puzal Vaelk (Non Attackable) - I'm not sure how this was set up in live as we didn't have a lot of info on it, but he is now scripted that a group member on the quest hails him and starts the event. First it spawns the 'watchhounds' (Which are hyenas). Then he spawns the attackable version.
Puzal Vaelk (Attackable) - The former mob despawns and respawns as this mob, the attackable version.
Puzal's Watchhound(s) - These spawn based on group size and attack the players on spawn. They will despawn on their own if they are not killed.

Objects:
10/25/2020
SandbeakFoodBasket - Scripted for the quest "Mildewed Leftovers"
Diseased Sharpbeak/Swiftfoot - Scripted for the quest "Fighting for a Cure".
Broken Starspark Jars - Scripted for the quest "A Tamer's Truth"
11/19/2020
Lans Sons - Scripted for the quest "Lighting the Spark"
Stolen Goods - Scripted for the quest "Recover the Goods".
11/21/2020
A Pile of Bones - Scripted for the quest "Skeletal Remains"
11/22/2020
Treasure of Aanak Vor'dan - Scripted for the quest "The Treasure of Aanak Vor'dan"
Ark of Aanak Vor'dan - Scripted for the quest " The Ark of Aanak Vor'dan"
11/23/2020
Runic Pillar of Aanak Vor'dan - Scripted for the quest "Runes of Aanak Vor'dan"


Items:
10/25/2020
Sandbeak Tenderloin - Food item, quest reward (Counting Chicks). Scripted.
Cactus Juice - Foot item, quest reward (Mildewed Leftovers). Scripted.
11/08/2020
Starspark Ale - Food item, quest reward (Starspark Extract). Scripted.
11/19/2020
Empty Flask - Quest item. Scripted for "The Hidden Spring"


Other:

Named Cockatrice: Swiftstrike - We have nothing for its loot table.
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Post by Jakkal » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:48 pm

Note to self: I found some items for the mob "Bloodfang" but the 'where found' text makes me think they might be quest rewards, possibly for killing the mob. So hold off on putting them on the mob until you get through all the quests.

Also found a named "Jailo Lagnor" in the Dazar cave. Can't find any loot for him. Update: He's part of a quest to kill three named in the cave "Root of the Problem" So they might not have loot at all as VG tended to not put loot on quest named like this. Not always, but just had a tendency.
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Post by Jakkal » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:14 am

Clean up crew instructions:

When you do Tar Janashir/Jathred Twist chunks, there are a couple of places that I don't want you to clean up yet. One is the temple looking thing on the west side of the Salt Flat. It's located at 58428, -15988, 8761 in Jathred's Twist.

The other is there's a cave. It's entrance is located at 45621, 63916, 4929 in Tar Janashir. That cave has some really cool things in it, but it was also unused and I want to do something with it. It's hard to get to the entrance of it so you might end up not ever going by it. But it also connects to the Dazar cave.

The Dazar cave is okay to clean up.

This cave meets up with the Dazar cave behind the waterfall. So you can clean up the Dazar cave, but do nothing behind the waterfall (You have to levitate to get over there).
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Post by Jehlicka » Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:42 pm

Cleanup in progress now

Setting up NPC's hailing scripts -- done
Setting up POI's -- done
Setting up "show me direction" scripts -- done
47 adventuring quests to run through and test -- done (scripted quests)
Mobs placement and combining -- done
Pathers setting --done
Animations and alternative greetings setting -- done
Harvesting setting -- done
Scripting Vanity pets -- to do
Diplo parleys check & fix -- wip

(updated 21.03.07)
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Post by Jehlicka » Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:59 am

All instructors have set POI now, ready for Guard direction script
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Post by Jehlicka » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:07 am

We have to later set up all the vanity pets located within the chunk!
Script for Lord Saphor???
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Post by Jehlicka » Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:37 am

Areas progress:
Dazar Cave - done
Tar Janashir outpost (just friendly zone) - done
Tamer's camp - done
Ancient Sporits and Ancient Bones area - done
The Ancient Tomb - done
Rhajiri Camps (5/5) - done
Sandbeak Refuge - done
The Broken Spine - done
open areas within the chunk - all done

(updated 21.02.25)
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Post by Jehlicka » Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:40 am

Named combined:
Aanak Vor'dan (Transcended Spirit) combined with Ancient Guardian (spawn ID 910202, loc Id 17534)
Mokrak combined with (spawn ID 910390, loc Id 132456)

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Post by Jehlicka » Sun Jan 24, 2021 3:21 pm

Guards are showing the direction now, but with some errors. I have to test it again.
Also, they don't show the way to Bindstone. Dunno why, POI seems to be ok...another thing to fix.
Update:
works fine for nonGM chars
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Post by Jehlicka » Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:15 am

Day/Night greetings fixed now for Instructors.
POIs renamed for the quest 6459 Lighting the Spark
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